Whole hogs

Starting next week, Baron's will be joining the whole animal movement.

We are excited to be bringing in a whole hog from Becker Lane Organic Farm. We have worked with Becker Lane in the past and are very excited to have this opportunity to go whole hog. For the first time ever, we will be able to offer skin-on, bone-in pork shoulders, fresh ham, skin-on belly, hocks and shanks. If we have time, we're even gonna make porchetta.

Have you ever wanted skin-on pork chops? Fresh pork bones for stock? Fat back to render or make lardo? Mmmmm! All this will be available. All this is organic, pasture-raised pork.

Starting Thursday of next week, we will make this fabulous pork available in the regular counter. Going forward, we plan to offer this pork in a C.S.A. style box (either a 5 or 10 pound box with a mix of cuts chosen by us) on a reservations-only basis. But for the first few deliveries, we will stock the product in the counter.

Expect prices to be somewhere in the $12-$18 per pound range for loin chops, $8-$14 per pound range for shoulder and leg.  Prices will be more definitive as we conduct yield tests after delivery next week, and hopefully they will be on the lower end of the scale.

Look for this program to expand to beef in the spring as we have already spoken to Bill Niman about bringing in beef from his ranch in Bolinas.